Michael Darbyshire
Acting
Biography
He was an English actor of stage and screen. He is perhaps best known for his role as Hubert Davenport, the Victorian ghost, in the long running BBC TV children's comedy series Rentaghost.
Known For
Rentaghost was a British children's television comedy show, broadcast by the BBC between 6 January 1976 and 6 November 1984. The show's plot centred on the antics of a number of ghosts who worked for a firm called Rentaghost, which rented out the ghosts for various tasks.
Rentaghost
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
A 13-episode miniseries from Yorkshire Television, about Charles Dickens, by now an internationally renowned novelist, during an 1869 tour of America, looking back over his life.
Dickens of London
Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the Kingdom of Euphrania are anxious for the Prince to wed no matter what. When the Prince meets Cinderella at a ball, he's sure she's the one, and when she loses her slipper upon exiting the dance, the Prince is determined to find and marry her.
The Slipper and the Rose
Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.
Lock Up Your Daughters
By chance the perfume creators Mike and Al produce a scent that makes women go wild for sex. While they desperately try to find the recipe for their product of chance, they use it on random women they meet in the train and fuck their brains out in a hut in the forest. A central problem is to explain their absence from work to wives and colleagues.
She'll Follow You Anywhere
Eccentric and absent-minded inventor Professor Branestawm's often-disastrous inventions lead him into comical scrapes, much to the exasperation of his housekeeper, Mrs Flittersnoop.
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Documentary following the history of British Music Hall, its stars and architecture, interspersed with revivals of old favourites by todays performers.
A Little Of What You Fancy
"Twenty Minutes South" is a British musical comedy from 1955, presented as a TV movie. It tells the story of young people commuting from London's suburbs to the city for work and romance. The narrative revolves around their daily lives and how they change with the arrival of a visiting relative. The show features a score by Peter Greenwell, known for his work on other British musicals.